Viktor Tregubov

Viktor Nikolayevich Tregubow (Russian Виктор Николаевич Трегубов; born April 13, 1965 in Schachty ) is a former Soviet- Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion.

Sporting career

Tregubow reached in 1986 at the Soviet Championships for the first time a podium finish. In the Middle Heavyweight 90 kg, he finished with 397.5 kg ( 180.0 / 217.5 kg ) to third place behind Anatoly and Sergei Chrapaty Kopytow each with 400.0 kg in the total. In 1987 Tregubow at the European Championships in Reims his first international assignment and was charged with 405.0 kg ( 185.0 / 220.0 kg ) of third parties. The winner Chrapaty scored 415.0 kg before the Bulgarians Rumen Teodosiev with 410.0 kg.

His next international assignment had Tregubow again until 1991, when he at the European Championships in Wladyslawowo with a duel capacity of 392.5 kg ( 180.0 / 212.5 kg ) in the first heavy weight up to 100 kg second behind Igor Sadykov with 405.0 kg was. This competition was Tregubows last start for the Soviet Union.

At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he went to the United team, and could with 190 kg in the snatch, 220.0 kg in the jerk and a resulting duel performance of 410.0 kg Olympic gold in the class up to 100 kg. The runner-up Tymur Tajmasow scored 402.5 kg, before Waldemar Malak 400.0 kg.

At his first World Cup in 1993 in Melbourne Tregubow launched for the first time for Russia. With 407.5 kg ( 185.0 / 222.5 kg ) in single combat in the newly created weight category up to 99 kg, he won gold in front of Sergei Syrzow, who also scored 407.5 kg, but was heavier a kilogram. Since the introduction of the new weight classes, the old world records no longer had on hand, meant Tregubows power in pushing and in single combat at the same time a new world record in the first heavy weight up to 100 kg.

A year later, the World Cup in Istanbul ranged Tregubows 405.0 kg ( 185.0 / 220.0 kg ) for second place, after Syrzow increased to 417.5 kg. This was dar. Tregubows last start at an international championship

Personal best

  • Tear: 190.0 kg in class to 100 kg at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona
  • Launched: 222.5 kg in class to 99 kg at the 1993 World Championships in Melbourne
  • Duel: 410.0 kg ( 190.0 / 220.0 kg ) in the class to 100 kg at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona
Olympic weightlifting 1993 World Weightlifting Championships 1994 World Weightlifting Championships Sergey Syrtsov Jaroslav Skobla Josef Manger John Davis (weightlifter) Paul Anderson (weightlifter) Yury Vlasov Leonid Zhabotinsky Jaan Talts Yury Zaitsev Ota Zaremba Pavel Kuznetsov (weightlifter) Kakhi Kakhiashvili Hossein Tavakkoli
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